Thursday, July 30

Man shoots himself in campus

Shortly after speaking to members of the pathology department on Dec. 22, a 78-year-old man shot and killed himself in a nearby UCLA Medical Center bathroom. Read more...


Longtime UCLA professor passes on

Mario Baur, a professor of the chemistry and biochemistry department died last month from a long-term illness. He was 69. Baur was a professor at UCLA for more than 40 years and taught tens of thousands of students, teaching mostly lower division major requirements. Read more...



Westwood merchants hope for parking remedy

Leaders in the Westwood community are trying to organize a system to improve parking in Westwood Village and increase the area’s dwindling consumerism. Shoppers are constantly driving around the streets of the Village, searching for metered parking near shops of their choice. Read more...


Labor research faces funding cuts

When the Schwarzenegger administration announced its proposal for mid-year budget cuts, it included what some activists and politicians consider to be a political move ““ the elimination of the University of California labor research facility. Read more...



Unit cap limits academic, graduation options

Though most students look forward to graduation, fifth-year student Kendrick Lo is doing all he can to stay an extra quarter at UCLA. Lo is five classes away from graduating with a double major in psychology and economics, but will instead graduate with only a degree in economics because he is over his unit limit. Read more...